Turnpike synonyms

tûrn'pīk'

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tollgate
A gate for stopping travel at a point where tolls are taken
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highway
A main road; thoroughfare, specif. one maintained by a state or federal government and designed to accommodate a heavy traffic flow
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freeway
A highway without toll charges
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road
A way; path; course
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thruway
(US, nonstandard) Alternative form of throughway.
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toll-road
The definition of a toll road is a street or passageway on which money must be paid to travel.
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toll-bar (related)
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Stobcross (related)
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toll-gate (related)
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turn-pike (related)
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interstate
One of a network of U.S. highways connecting the 48 contiguous states
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parkway
The landscaped center strip or border of a parkway
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avenue
(--- Brit.) Such a roadway, etc. leading from the main road to the house on an estate
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boulevard
The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
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drive
(--- Sports) The ball or puck as it is propelled:
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expressway
A divided highway for through traffic, with full or partial control of access and generally with overpasses or underpasses at intersections
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path
The definition of a path is a trail, route, course or a line of movement.
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roadway
A road; specif., that part of a road traveled on by vehicles
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route
The definition of a route is a path for travel.
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street
Such a road apart from its sidewalks
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thoroughfare
A way through or passage through
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way
A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
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move (related)
The act of moving; a movement.
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open (related)
An unobstructed area of land or water:
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tollhouse (related)
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Turnpike Sentence Examples

  • He'd take the turnpike extension south.

  • The various grounds of exemption from toll on turnpike roads were all of a public character, e.g.

  • In the Old Town still remain a few specimens of eighteenth century architecture, including several old-fashioned post-houses, which used to furnish entertainment for travellers starting for the Middle West by way of the old Cumberland Road beginning at Fort Cumberland, and from Baltimore to Fort Cumberland by a much older turnpike.

  • The situation changed radically with the opening of the turnpike road in 1839 and communications improved.

  • Of these turnpike stairs there were, in the recollection of the author, some in High Street and Church Street.

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